9/25/2003 @ 6:30PM

Do Harvard Grads Run Companies Better?

Harvard Business School prides itself on graduates who go on to become successful leaders of America’s top companies. There are currently 57 Forbes 500s chief executives who earned their M.B.A. degrees from Harvard, the most of any business school. Both Wharton and Stanford come in at a far second, each with only 15 chiefs represented.

Just how well have their companies fared over the past year? They must be doing something right: Over the past 12 months, their stock price was up an average 59% versus the S&P’s gain of 23% for the year.